BARNALA, Sept. 14 -- The Barnala police on Saturday said they arrested three individuals in connection with the two-month-old murder case of migrant labourer Akshay alias Shankar.

Superintendent of police (SP) Ashok Kumar said that on September 1, the police received a zero FIR from the Janakinagar police station of district Purnia, Bihar, in which the victim's parents alleged that their son, who was working with a contractor named Jagan, had been missing since July 23.

"Barnala police arrested two individuals, Bhoomi Lal and Khushi Lal, both in their 60s, from Tapa on the same day, and an FIR was registered against 11 people under various sections, including 103 and 61(2), 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," the SP said.

The labourer...